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BIOGRAPHY

Emiliano Buzzelli, known by his stage name "Emydrum", was born in Ortona - Italy in 1987.
He started to play on december 2000. During the years 2004 and 2005 he attented a private course in Rome with one of the best italian drummers,
Cristiano Micalizzi. With him he improved his recording session skills and his approach to various music styles like rock, pop, rhythm & blues, jazz, latin and progressive. In the year 2010 he started to study with Carlo Porfilio at "La Casa Del Batterista School" where he graduated with honors in 2019.

He published his first music single "ESCAPING TENSION" in 2019 and in 2020 he has released the project titled "NO BREATH" that includes 3 music singles. "LUDUS FINIS" is the last Artistic project of Emydrum released in 2023. They are all available on the digital stores: Spotify, iTunes and the others.

He attended some of the greatest drummer clinics;
Dennis Chambers, Chris Coleman, Alfredo Golino, Horacio Hernandez, Thomas Lang, Marco Minnemann, Jojo Mayer, Steve Smith, Lorenzo Tucci.

He ranked at the 5th place at the world drum contest "BIG DRUM BONANZA" in 2015, and 3rd place at the national drum contest "100% BATTERISTI DRUM CONTEST" in 2018.

Emydrum has collaborated with some famous italian and european artists such as:
ANDREA BRAIDO - BAREND COURBOUIS (Blind Guardian bass player) - FIORDALISO - FRANCO TOZZI.

OTHER COLLABORATIONS:
ALLCOST' (Original Progressive Band) - AMADEUS Orchestra - ANEMAME' (Original Reggae Band) - CRISTAL SOUND Orchestra - FAKE HEROES (Original Metal Band) - GAE CAMPANA BAND (Original Pop-rock Band) - HEADPLAY (Coldplay Tribute Band) - REDDOT (Red Hot Chili Peppers Tribute Band) - THINK BLUR (Blur Tribute Band) - SHE SAID (Original Electronic Band).

EDUCATION

Emydrum has been teaching drums since 2010 in his own studio and in many italian schools using “LA BATTERIA” (THE DRUM) methods books. The duration of each lesson is about one hour and covers: reading, techniques for the hands and feet, coordination and independence exercises on the drum set, recording session, there’s also the possibility to have personal study programs,
besides he teaches double bass drumming through his own method called "METODO PROGRESSIVO DI DOPPIO PEDALE" (PROGRESSIVE DOUBLE PEDAL METHOD) which is divided in 3 volumes that he created in collaboration with CARLO PORFILIO.

Emydrum teaches the following techniques:

Hands techniques

Finger control - Freehand technique - Push pull technique

Feet techniques

Heel down - Heel Up - Heel Toe - Slide technique - Swivel technique

Emydrum is available for lessons, clinics and recording sessions.
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DISCOGRAPHY

DRUMSET

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DRUM SHELL SIZES:

Bass drum 22"x18" / Main central Snare 13"x7" / Left side small snare 12"x5" / Right side small snare 10"x5.5" / Tom 8"x7" / Tom 10"x9" / Tom 12"x10"
Left side floor tom 14"x14" / Right side floor tom 16"x16"


UFIP CYMBALS

13" BIONIC SERIES left side hi-hat / 15" BLAST SERIES right side hi-hat / 17" BLAST SERIES left side crash / 18" CLASS SERIES right side crash / 18" NATURAL SERIES left side crash (top) combined with 14" EXPERIENCE CHINA (bottom) / 20" NATURAL SERIES right side ride / 14" NATURAL SERIES left side china / 18" SUPERNOVA SERIES right side china / 8" CLASS SERIES left side splash (top) combined with 5" bell (bottom) / 808 right side STACK New Drum Percussion / 10" CLASS SERIES right side hi-hat

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